Find out the one you love
By Radar
simon_mcnestrie@hotmail.com
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DISCLAIMER:
These characters belong to CLAMP! This is a Yuri story so if it
offends you please don't read!
Sakura Kinomoto was in a bad mood. And she didn't know why. Getting
out of bed, she quickly got dressed and went downstairs. 'Watch out
Kaijuu!' Touya said as Sakura almost bumbed into him. Sakura ignored
his teasing and made her breakfast. She and Tomoyo had been very
busy. The older cheerleaders and the older members of the choir had
graduated and left for university. Tomoyo was now helping the newer
members fit in as was Sakura. She felt lonier then she did when
Syaoran and her had drifted apart from his time in Hong Kong.
Standing up, she quickly left and walked to school.
Tomoyo Daidouji stood at the school gates waiting for Sakura. She'd
been hoping to ask her auburn haired friend about the mood she'd been
in recently. She had asked her mother about it. Sonomi had smiled at
her daughter and reassured her that things would return to normal.
'Daidouji-sempai!' a voice called out, interrupting her trail of
thought. Turning around she saw a small Blonde haired girl jogging
towards her. 'Good Morning Emi-chan!' Tomoyo said, once the smaller
girl was closer. 'How are you Daidouji-sempai?' Emi asked. 'I'm
alright Emi-chan!' Tomoyo replied. 'Have you seen Saura-chan?' Emi's
featured darkened slightly when Sakura's name was mentioned. 'Not
today Daidouji-sempai!' Emi replied. Tomoyo smiled slightly at the
younger girl. She'd known for a while how the other girl felt about
her. It hurt a little when she couldn't return the other girls
feelings. 'Emi-chan!' a voice called out, attracting the younger
girls attention. Turning around, she smiled when she saw a blue
haired girl jogging up to her. 'Miyuki-chan!' Emi squealed and ran up
to her friend. Looking at Tomoyo the blue haired girl took her
friends hand and lead her to their homeroom. Tomoyo sighed softly,
watching the girls leave. She knew how Miyuki felt about her blonde
haired friend. Miyuki had told her when she saw the girl leave Choir
with tears in her eyes. Soon after she saw that Miyuki had joined the
cheerleading squad. 'Tomoyo-chan!' another voice broke her trail of
thought. Spinning around, her smile grew upon seeing her auburn
haired best friend. She could see that Sakura's mood had become her
usual cheerful mood. 'Hi Sakura-chan!' Tomoyo said, meeting her
friend. Taking Sakura's hand with ease they walked to their homeroom,
passing Emi and Miyuki on their way. Sakura noticed that Emi gave her
a dirty look as they passed. 'Is Emi-chan ok?' Sakura asked. 'I think
so!' Tomoyo replied. Sitting down at their desks, Tomoyo realised why
Sakura was not her usual self... it was like she was jealous. Quickly
Tomoyo wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to
Sakura just as their teacher walked in. Opening the note Sakura read
it and reread it. Looking at her friend, she nodded slightly before
starting to pay attention to their lesson.
Miyuki looked at her friend sitting at the desk beside her. She felt
a stab of jealousy. 'Why Emi-chan?' she thought. 'Why her and not
me?' She lowered her head and concentrated on her work. She knew Emi
was worried about her, having noticed some suspicious marks on her
body and the way she had been acting. 'Are you ok Miyuki-chan?' Emi
whispered, looking at her friend. Nodding Miyuki kept her
concentration on her work, her shoulder length blue hair obscuring
her eyes. 'Really?' Emi asked. Again Miyuki nodded gripping her pen a
little tighter. Emi shook her head slightly. She worried about her
friend. Miyuki was mysterious about many things. Especially about the
way she had been acting lately. Emi looked at Miyuki again. The blue
haired girl had become so withdrawn. 'Kino-san!' their teachers voice
made her jump in her seat. 'Hai sensai?'
'Please pay attention!' Emi blushed slightly. 'Hai sensei!' she
replied, shifting her attention from her friend to her class work,
every few minutes looking over at her friend.
Sakura stretched and yawned. It had been a long day, and it wasn't
over yet. She watched some of the newer cheerleaders go through the
routines. Only Miyuki seemed distracted. Gently Sakura pulled Miyuki
to one side. 'Miyuki-chan are you ok?' she asked. The blue haired
girl nodded, not looking up. 'Hai Kinomoto-sempai!' she whispered,
before going in the locker room to change. 'I just wish Emi-chan
didn't love your girlfriend!' she muttered once out of earshot of
Sakura. Sakura watched her go, very concerned. She had seen the marks
on Miyuki's body and she had started to wonder where they had come
from. Meanwhile Tomoyo was getting ready to meet with Sakura. Slowly
Emi walked up to Tomoyo. 'Um... Sempai?' the shorter girl asked.
'Hai?' Tomoyo said, turning around. 'I.. er...' Emi stuttered,
suddenly feeling very shy. She fumbled with her hands, so intent on
telling Tomoyo how she felt, she failed to notice Miyuki standing in
the door way. 'I really like you Daidouji-sempai!' Emi finally said.
'No!'
'Miyuki-chan?' Emi asked, seeing her best friend standing by the
door, tears in her eyes and falling down her cheeks. Before Emi could
say anything else the blue haired girl ran.
Closing the door, Miyuki cried heavily. She'd been to late, now she
was scared she'd lost everything. Slowly she walked to the edge of
the roof, tears still falling. 'Nothing left!' she whispered,
climbing onto the edge. The pain she felt when she heard Emi tell
Tomoyo she liked her had gone, replaced only with a dull throb where
her heart was. 'Miyuki-chan?' a voice asked. 'No! Please just leave
me alone!' she thought as she carefully turned around. 'Please
Kinomoto-sempai!' she whispered, 'Leave me alone!'
'No..!' Sakura said walking closer very slowly. She'd heard
everything, and saw Miyuki run off crying heavily. Turning to face
her friend she saw utter confusion on Emi's face and Tomoyo's was
unreadable. Sakura was close enough to grab the younger teen, but
stopped before she did. 'Why?' Miyuki whispered, 'Why her?'
'Miyuki-chan?' Sakura asked. 'Sakura-chan?' Tomoyo's soft voice
asked, causing Sakura to turn around. 'Stay back Tomoyo!' Sakura
said, before turning back to Miyuki. Tomoyo noted that Sakura had
dropped the "chan" suffix. 'She's serious?' Tomoyo asked herself.
'Come on Miyuki-chan!' Sakura said, extending her hand. The blue
haired girl shook her head, shuffling her feet backwards slightly.
Again Sakura slowly eased forwards. 'Why do you want to do this
Miyuki-chan?' Sakura asked. Miyuki mumbled something incoherent, not
noticing a third person stepping on to the roof. 'Miyuki-chan...
please!' Sakura said, holding her hand out to the blue haired girl.
Again Miyuki shook her head. Slowly she fell backwards, extending her
arms. However Sakura was already in motion. She grabbed the smaller
girl by the waist and pulled her off the edge. They hit the ground,
hard. 'Why?' Miyuki asked, crying heavily and hitting Sakura's chest
with her free hand. 'Miyuki-chan?' a soft voice asked. Miyuki gasped,
her eyes opening wide. Emi was here? She wasn't supposed to see her
now. Sakura looked up, and saw Emi kneeling next to them with tears
in her eyes. Carefully, she took her blue haired friend into her
arms. After seeing her friend run from her and Tomoyo looking so hurt
she realised that it was Miyuki she cared for more then Tomoyo. 'I'm
so sorry Miyuki-chan!' she whispered. The slightly smaller girl
looked at her friend. Why was Emi apologising to her? Carefully Emi
hugged Miyuki tighter. Standing up, Sakura gently led Tomoyo off the
roof, sensing the other girls need for privacy. Carefully Emi helped
Miyuki to her feet, still hugging her. 'Emi-chan....' Miyuki
whispered. 'I'm so so sorry Miyuki-chan!' Emi whispered, gently
hugging the other girl tighter. Slowly Miyuki turned around in her
friends hug. Looking up Emi lightly kissed her friends cheek, before
looking down again. 'I don't want to loose you Miyuki-chan!' Emi
whispered. Slowly Miyuki put her arms around the smaller girl. Gently
she kissed the blonde haired girls cheek. 'I don't want to loose you
either Emi-chan!' Miyuki whispered. Looking up, the smaller girl
blushed slightly. Leaning closer she gently pressed her lips to her
friends. Leaning away Miyuki blushed brightly. 'Why did you do that
Emi-chan?' Miyuki asked. Emi blushed brightly and gently pressed her
face into the taller girls breast. 'Because when you ran off, I
realised that it is you that I really like Miyuki-chan!' Emi replied.
When Emi looked up again, Miyuki saw something in the other girls
eyes: hope. The taller girl smiled slightly and gently pressed her
lips to Emi's again.
Sakura sighed softly as she rubbed her right shoulder. 'Are you ok
Sakura-chan?' Tomoyo asked, seeing Sakura rub her shoulder again.
'I'll be ok Tomoyo-chan!' Sakura replied, smiling at the pale girl.
Tomoyo smiled herself as Sakura gently wrapped an arm around her.
Gently she put a hand on Sakura's right shoulder, only to pull it
away an instant later when she saw Sakura wince in pain. 'Please show
me Sakura-chan!' Tomoyo said. Looking into Tomoyo's stormy blue eyes,
Sakura knew she couldn't refuse. Undoing the top buttons on her shirt
she gently moved the right shoulder of her shirt down to reveal a
large bruise. Gently Tomoyo started to rub Sakura's injured shoulder.
'Isn't this one of the places my foot hit when we were....'
'Hai!' Sakura said, cutting the pale girl off. Turning her head, she
blushed slightly remembering that night. Carefully Tomoyo pressed her
lips to Sakura's shoulder before the auburn haired teen could fasten
her shirt up. 'I'll be gentle next time Sakura-chan!' Tomoyo
whispered, gently kissing Sakura's cheek. She giggled softly noticing
Sakura blushing deeper. Wrapping her arm around Tomoyo's waist again,
they walked out of the school building, followed soon after by Miyuki
and Emi. The elder couple knew what the smiles on the younger girls
faces meant.
YEARS LATER
Sakura smiled slightly as she put away the last book. Slowly she
looked down at the baby in her arm. 'Should it be the fourth grades
assignments or the third grades?' she whispered. The baby gurgled
slightly and yawned. 'Third grade it is!' Sakura said, looking at the
young girl sitting opposite her writing something in her book. The
baby gurgled again letting her know that as long as she was
comfortable she was happy with what ever Sakura decided. Slowly
Sakura grabbed the top book with her free hand and looked at the
young girl again. 'Yuki-chan, are you ok?' The young girl nodded and
went back to her work. Yuki looked exactly like Tomoyo when she was
that age, except for her emerald eyes and streaks of white in her
hair. The baby gurgled again softly as she flexed her hands for what
Sakura presumed was for her own amusement. Yuki looked at what her
baby sister was doing and smiled slightly. 'Mihoshi-chan liked to do
that doesn't she papa?' she asked, going back to her homework. Sakura
smiled as she set her pen down and watched her youngest daughter.
'Hai, she does!' Sakura whispered, gently adjusting the baby in her
arm. She looked up and smiled at her eldest daughter before picking
her pen up again. It was no secret that most girls in Yuki's class
had asked why she had streaks of white in her dark hair. Many had
started to tease her when she had said they were natural. 'Hello
Sempai!' a voice said. Looking up they saw Emi walking towards them,
with an arm full of books. 'Hi Kino-sensei!' Yuki said. 'Hi Emi-
chan!' Sakura said, as Mihoshi gurgled again. 'Mama?' a young girl
whispered, gently tugging on Emi's shirt. Emi smiled as she looked at
her daughter. 'Hai Hotaru-chan?' Emi asked. Setting her books on the
table, Emi kneeled down so the young girl could whisper something
into her mothers ear. Emi giggled softly. 'You were that small as
well Hotaru-chan!' At that time Mihoshi started crying loudly. Yuki
looked at her blue haired friend as she slowly backed away from the
crying child in Sakura's arms. Sakura looked up and smiled at the
young girl. 'It's all right Hotaru-san!' she said, 'This is her
hungry cry.' Turning around Sakura un buttoned her shirt and
manoeuvred the baby closer to her breast. Whenever Tomoyo was asleep
or busy with her company's paper work Sakura often breastfed Mihoshi
when she needed to be fed. She was thankful that her magic allowed
her to lactate when the baby needed feeding. It was the same when
Yuki was a baby. Emi leaned down again as Hotaru whispered something
into her ear again. Yuki smiled slightly, having guessed what Hotaru
had asked. 'She feeding the baby Hotaru-chan!' Yuki said, smiling
slightly at her best friend. Taking the blued haired girls hand, Yuki
led her friend to her room to show Hotaru her collection. Slowly
Mihoshi stopped feeding and Sakura buttoned her shirt up. 'Hotaru's a
nice girl!' Sakura said, sitting back down. Emi smiled saddly. 'But
she's very shy!' Sakura looked at the younger woman confused. Still
smiling sadly Emi decided to explain everything.
Yuki smiled at the other girl as she showed her the collection of
stuffed animaled she'd gotten from her papa. However the other girl
had simply sat on the bed, just listening to her. 'What's wrong
Hotaru-chan?' Yuki asked, sitting next to the blue haired girl. She
was surprised when Hotaru slowly moved away from her. 'You don't want
to touch me!' the other girl whispered, 'I'm dirty!'
'No you're not!' Yuki said, scooting closer to her friend. 'Yes I
am!' Hotaru said, with tears in her eyes. 'I'm dirty because my papa
is dirty!' Curling up into a ball she started to cry. 'Papa hurt mama
lots! Okaa-san and mama don't talk about it but I know that I
happened after he hurt her!' the girl said as tears ran down her now
pale cheeks. 'Everyone stares at me because they know my real papa
hurt my mama...' Slowly Yuki hugged her blue haired friend, not
letting go as Hotaru struggled to get away. 'Please let me go! I
don't want you to be dirty as well!' Yuki shook her head. 'You aren't
dirty Hotaru-chan!' Yuki whispered. Hotaru managed to get loose of
her friends hug and scurried away towards the door. 'I'm so sorry
Yuki-chan! I got you dirty to!' the girl whispered before running out
of the room. 'Hotaru-chan!' Yuki called out, before running after her
friend.
She sat crying under the king penguin slide. 'She's just like me
now!' she thought sadly. 'I made her dirty!' That made her cry
harder. 'Hi!' a soft voice said. Looking up she saw a pale woman
kneeling near her. 'It's her mama!' Hotaru thought. The pale woman
smiled at slowly sat near the young blue haired girl. Tomoyo had just
arrived home when Hotaru had bumped into her when she ran out of her
home. 'Yuki-chan told me why you ran away!' Tomoyo whispered. 'I ran
because I'm dirty!' Hotaru whispered. Slowly Tomoyo scooted closer.
'Why do you think that?'
'Because my papa is dirty!' Hotaru whispered, 'He hurt my mama!' The
pale woman smiled sadly at the young girl. 'I don't think you're
dirty Hotaru-chan!' Tomoyo whispered. Hotaru looked up sharply, her
eyes, red from crying, met Tomoyo's. 'You don't?' Tomoyo shook her
head. 'And I know Yuki and Sakura doesn't think you're dirty.' Tomoyo
paused and caught her breath, 'And your parents have never thought
you are dirty!' Hotaru shuddered as she tried to stop crying. 'Hotaru-
chan?' another voice said. 'Mama?' Hotaru asked, looking up at her
mother kneeling near Tomoyo. The blue haired woman smiled as her
daughter scooted closer to her. Carefully she whipped the girls tears
away. 'I'm sorry mama!' the girl whispered, hugging Miyuki. 'What for
Hotaru-chan?' Miyuki asked. 'For running away!' the girl whispered,
crying into her mothers chest. Carefully Miyuki wrapped her arms
around the young girl. She had been told why Hotaru had ran off. 'How
long has she felt this way?' she asked herself. Gently she kissed the
top of her daughters head. 'I'm sorry Hotaru!' Miyuki whispered. The
girl looked up at her mother, their eyes meeting. 'Why mama?' the
girl asked, whipping her eyes. Miyuki smiled at the girl rubbing her
own eyes. 'I'm sorry because I didn't make you feel better when I
should have.' Miyuki whispered. Slowly the girl hugged her mother
again. Slowly Tomoyo left the two alone, not wanting to interupt what
was going on. She sighed softly as she sat on one of the swings. 'Is
everything alright now?' a soft voice asked. Looking to her left she
saw Yuki and Sakura, Sakura holding a wrapped up Mihoshi, standing
near her. They smiled as they watched Hotaru and her parents leave,
knowing things would be alright.